Disappearing bed.



'R. F. BEAIVIER" DISAPPEARING BED. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I912.

Patented May 30, 1916.

INVENTOR WF 5579 A BY W fi; ATTORNEYS,

UNITED @TATIQN PATENT @FFIlCE.

RICHARD F. BEAMER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 MURPHY WALL BED COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

DISAPPEARING BED.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD F. BEAMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disappearing Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to beds which are adapted to be moved into a closet or recess when not in use, and the opening to said closet closed by a door.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus whereby the bed is connected intermediate its sides to one side of an 0 ening in a wall of less width than the be so that the bed may move through the opening to lie on either side of the wall, and the opening may be closed by a sliding door when the bed is in either position; the door being arranged on that side of the opening to which the bed is connected.

The invention possesses other advantageous features, which, with the foregoing will be set forth in the following description where I shall outline in full that form or embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.

The novelty of the invention will be included in the claims succeeding said description. From this it will be apparent that I do not restrict myself to the showing made by said drawings and description as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims.

Referring to the drawings-Figure 1 is a top view of the apparatus of my invention, partly in section showing the bed in the room, the sliding door being entirely open; Fig. 2 is an elevation showing that side of the opening from which the door slides'outward; Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the track sections showing the carrier in place therein; Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section taken through an end track-section; Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the end track-section taken immediately behind the front flanges. Figs. 1 and 5 should be read by giving the sheet of drawings a quarter turn to the right.

I-Ieretofore, beds which have been mounted at one side of an opening which is adapted to be closed by a sliding door, and to swing through the opening, have always been Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1916..

Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,235.

mounted on the side toward which the door moves in its closing movement. This method of arranging the bed possesses certain disadvantages due to the fact that a given amount of clear wall must be left on each side of the opening. On one side enough space must be reserved to form the pocket for the sliding door. The bed projects backward, in either position, on the other side so that suflicient space must be left clear to provide the necessary clearance for the bed. In other words, when the bed is pivoted to one side of an opening and the sliding door moves from the other side, the opening can not occur in the corner of a room. construction, however, the bed extends past the opening on the same side on which the sliding door is arranged, so that the other side of the opening may lie adjacent the corner when desired. In this specification I have referred to the apparatus as a mounting for a bed, but it is to be understood that other articles may be substituted for the bed, and caused to swing through the opening in the same manner.

The wall is provided with an opening which is adapted to be closed by the sliding door 2 which seats in the wall 3 at one side of the opening and abuts against the frame 4 at the other side of the opening when the door is closed.

Arranged on the edge of the wall or supporting structure 3 and on the forward edge of the door 2 are a plurality of tracks 5, each formed of three track-sections 67-8; sections 6 and 8 being mounted in the wall on opposite sides of the door and section 7 being arranged in the door. These sections are provided with suitable flanges 9 by which they are attached to their respective structures. The track sections are in the form of grooves having their front faces constricted by the flanges 12, thereby producing the slot 13 through which the arm 14 of the carriage 15 passes. The sections 6 and 8 are closed at their outside ends by the walls 16 which halt the travel of the carriage at either end. The carriages 15 are preferably constructed with a plurality of rollers, one set 17 bearing against the flange 12 and the other 18 bearing against the bottom of the groove, thereby supporting the vertical and lateral thrusts due to the weight of the bed. It is to be understood that the present invention is not to be limited to the In my the opening.

form of carriage-or supporting means shown as many other means are available for producing the sameresult.

Pivotally' attached to the arms 14 by means of the arms 19 is a plate or member 21 to which the head board or bed carrying frame'22 is attached. The plate'21 is attached to the bed or the carryingframe intermediate its sides so that the bed, which is wider than the opening, may pass through 7 prevent the door from being moved entirely into its pocket;

l e carriage, isof greater length thanthe length of the track section 7 so that when passing the door the carriage is always in engagement with either of the end trackysections, thereby preventlng the movement: :of he'door when the carriage is passing the doon f r V normal inoperative po-sitionthe bed is. folded vertically on its carrying frame --and lies parallel'to the'wall; the door being closed. To bring the bed into position for use,fthe door is opened, bringing the tracksections in linefthe bed is swung through an arc of approximately ninety degrees and then pulled forward, the carriage traveling over the tracks or supportingstructure, and is'then rotated to bringthe bed substantially parallelto, the wall, when itis lowered; The doormay then be moved to close the opening] 7 Iclaim: l. The combination with a wall having an opening, abed'mounted ona vertical axis adjacentto one side of said opening and adapted to be moved therethrough, and a ment.

sliding door movable outward from'the wall ,on the' same side 'of'the opening and adapted to support said bed during part of its move- 2, Incombinationwith a Wall having an some: oi this patent'may be obtained tor opening, a bed of greater width than said opening adapted to be moved therethrough, pivoted on a vertical axis adjacent to one side of said opening and intermediate between the sides of the bed, a sliding door movable outward from the wall on the same side of the opening adapted to close the opening when the bed is in either position, and means 011 said door for supporting said bed during part of its movement.

3. In combination with a wall having an opening, a track traversing said wall on the vertical side wall of said opening, a carriage movable in said track through said opening, and a bed pivotally connected intermediate its sides to said carriage.

4. 1n combination with a wall having an opening, a sliding door arranged in the wall at one side of the opening, track sections arranged on the edge of said wall and door and a carriage movable in said track sections.

5. In combination with a wall having an opening, a sliding door arranged in the wall at one side of said opening, a track formed in sections attached to the edges of the wall and door and a carriage of greater length than the width of the track section on the door, movable in said track to opposite sides of the door.

' 6. The combination with a wall having a closet opening therein, of a carriage arranged on the vertical side wall of said opening and arranged to move transversely of said opening and a bed of greater width than said opening pivotally attached intermediate its sides to said carriage, whereby the bed may swing in a horizontal plane with respect to said carriage.

7 The combination with a wall having a closet opening therein, of a supporting structure arranged to move bodily transversely of said opening adjacent to one side thereof, arms pivotally attached to said movable structure by vertical pivots and a bed'of greater width than said opening attached intermediate its sides to said arms.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 23rd day of February, 1912.

e RICHARD F. BEAMER.

- In presence of H. G. PRos'r, R. HEFFERNAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

